Bed-bottom.



ATENTED APR. 21, 1903 137V. D. HUNT. MPL10 ED BOTTOM.

ATIoN FILED Nov. 18 1901 N0 MODEL.

Bottoms, of which'the following isga specification.

pecially in' that class of bed-bottoms or springcharacter of a simple and inexpensive nature ing the woven-wire covering-sheet in position.

vHamilton and State of Ohio, have invented,-

"NI'rs-n STATES@ 1 wARDEn D. HUNT, or rcnvcmira'rr, onlo.

BED-BOTTOM.

ssEcIF'IcA'rIoN forming para of Letters Patent No.

726,064, dated April 21, 1903.

i Application filed November 18; 1901.' Serial No. 82.898. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I,'WARDER D. HUNT, av 'citizenof the-.United States of America, and a resident of Cincinnati, in the county of certain new and useful Improvements in Bed- This invention relates to certain improvements in spring bed-bottoms, and more esmattresses which are provided with a covering sheet of woven wire fabric extended across the top; and the object of the inventionis to provide a bed-bottom of this general having means of an improved nature for hold- The invention consists in certain novel features of;- th'e construction and combinations and arrangements of the several parts of the improved spring bedbottom or mattress whereby certain important advantages are strip provided with second bend. Fig. 7

is a View similar to Figs. 5 and 6, but showf ing the third bend producedin'the metal strip.. Fig..8 is a view .similar to Figs. 5, 6,

formed from Z-bars, the ends of which are 'extended slightly beyond the side bars 1 1 at opposite sides of the bed, so as to be adapted to rest upon the bedstead in a' well-known tress thereon.

1 and 2 are secured together. in'anyprefer'red attainedl and the device. is made simpler, cheaper, andV is otherwise. better adapted and made more convenient for use, all as will be hereinafter fully set forth.

vThenovel features of the invention will be carefully defined in the claims.

mattress.

.In the accompanying drawings,which serve to illustrate 'my improvements, Figure '1 is a perspective view showing aspring bed-bottom or mattress constructed according to my invention. Fig. 2 is a sectional View drawnv to alargar scale and taken vertically through the woven-wire'covering-sheet andl its securing meansas well as through 'the end rail of the Vframe at the end of the bed-bottom or Fig. 3 is a perspective view showing a fragment at .one of the corners of the woven-wire covering-sheet, illustrating the sie means for securing the said sheet in place upon the frame of the bed-bottom or mattress. Fig. 4 is a' view showing a metal strip such/asis employed for forming the-securing mens`- for holding the ends of the wovenwire covating-sheet to the frame. Fig. Pis a section-al view taken transversely through said strip and showing the rst'bend producedtherei'n in the course of attaching the etiip tg the woyemwimnmmrng-sheetfzig.; 6 is a viewsim'ilar to Fig. e, but showing the;

Way and, as shown herein,are provided with braces 3 3 at the Vcorners of the iframe.v A1- not limit myself to' the employment of a frame formed 'in this manner for thepractical apatv all, since itis evident that the invention may be applied ltobed-bottomsor mattresses having wooden frames as Well as to' those having frames formed from metal.. i

I n assembling the end rails and 'side' rails of the frame the Z-shaped endrails are secured upon the side rails eachv with one of its flanges iiush, up'on the upper side of the ed vertically up from they side rails, and its vupperv flange ,5 is extended in a. horizontal plane across the end portion of the frame, the said upper vfor the attachment of the woven-wire coversite ends of the frame.

and?, but showing the strip .provided with its fourth bend. Fig. 9 is aview similar to plication of my improvements, nor do I limit; myselfto the employment of a metal frame side rails,'so that'its web portion 4 is 'extendv anges 5 5 of the respectiver endxrails 2 2 being, as shown clearly in Fig.l 1, f directed Vin`opposite directions or toward-the ends of the fixand-forming parts adapted WJ indicates thecovering sheet di`r voven- I Vwire fabricrextended acrcss the top o f the.v

1 1, formed of angle-irons, and end rails 2 2, i

way for supporting the bed-bottom or mat- The side rails and en 'd 'rails though I have shown this construction of frame herein, I wishit understood that I dol ing-sheet and which project along the op'pov frame and provided at its end portions with bindings or reinforces l6, formed, as herein shown, from metal strips attached along said edges and serving for holding the strands of -which the woven-wire sheet is formed fromunraveling and also covering the raw ends of said strands, so as to prevent them .from prootherwise objectionable.

longitudinallj1l along their central parts, so

' and Ifinal central crease or bend c -is then- .produced in the folded strip, vas shown in that a U form or hook shape is imparted to them, the free hooked edges of the binding or reinforcing strips projecting toward each other and underneath the woven-wire covering-sheet 7, so as to be in position to be engaged under the projecting parts or flanges 5 of the opposite end rails of the frame for hold. ing ,the said covering-sheet securely in placethereon, the tension'of the coiled-wire strands of which the covering-sheet is formed being4 sufficient to hold the hook-shaped bindings or reinforcing-strips engaged with the oppositely-directed parts or tianges 5 5 of the respective end rails, as will be readily understood. Each of the bindings or reinforces 6 6 along the end edges of the woven-wire covering-sheet is formed from an elongated strip or pieceof sheet metal, such as is shown in det-ail in Fig. 4, this strip havingv a central crease or bend produced in it, as shown at a. in Fig. 5 and indicated in dotted linesin Fig. '4, this central .bend or crease giving to the strip a V shape` in cross-section, as clearly shown in Fig. 5.- The end of the woven-wire covering-sheet 7 is then inserted'between the two plies 10 l0, produced by the central'bend a in said strip, after which the two plies 10 10 are pressed flat upon each other, as indicated in Fig. 6, the end of the woven-wire sheet being thereby flattened out and held between said plies 10. A second central crease or bend b is then produced in the folded strip 6, as indicated in Fig. 7, and the two plies 1l 1l, produced in the st'rip by said second bend orcrease, are also pressed fiat upon each other, as shown in Fig. 8, whereby it will be seen that the end of the woven-wire sheet 6 is securely held between the plies of the folded strip and the roughends of its strands are completely covered up, there being upon one side of the end portion of .the woven-wire sheet a single thickness of the sheet metal of which the binding-strip is formed vand on the other side of said sheet three thicknesses of Asuch sheet metal, produced by the bendingover or lapping of the folded metal strip over upon itself at that side. By this construction the reinforce is made of increased 'strength at the side at which' there are three thicknesses of' the sheet metal, as will .be evident. A third Figs. 2 and 9, and the two plies 12 12 thus v formed are caused to be'extended 'nparallel directions one above theother,so thata U form or hook-shape is imparted to the folded strip secured upon the end of the woven-wire sheet 7 by means'of its several bends. Owing to the several plies of which the completed bindinforce, which is formed, as above stated, of

three thicknesses of sheet-metal, is extended upon the outer or convex surface of the hookshaped folded strip, While the single thickness atthe other side of the strip is caused to extend insidefof the hook -shaped strip, as clearly shown in the drawings. The U-forrn or hook-shaped attaching means thus produced along the opposite ends of the woven` wire covering-sheet are adapted for ready engagement with the overhanging projections at the ends of the frame and formed of the horizontal upper flanges of the Z-bars of which the end rails of said frameare formed, and when said attaching means are engaged with said overhanging parts the resiliency of the coiled wires of which the strands of the woven-wire sheet 7 are formedV will serve to hold said sheet securely in position on the frame. Since the thicker and stronger side ofthe folded metal strip at the outer or convex side of the hook-shaped folded strip, it isevident that such thicker and strongorportion will serve to hold'the endof the Woven- Wire sheet securely and firmly upon the-metal or other frame ofl the bed-bottom and will serve to prevent the end of the woven-Wire sheet from being pulled out of engagement between the plies of the folded strip, as 'it would otherwise be liable todo if the weaker single-ply side of the folded strip were arranged outermost. Then the woven-wire covering-sheet has been attached to the end in some eases be desirable to Hatten out the ICO IIO

rails ofthe frame, as above set forth, it maya' coils of said sheet at the points where they overlie the horizontal upper flanges 5 5 of the .Z-shape end rails of the frame, es indicated at 8 in Fig. 2. The. central portion of aids sheet 7 between the flanges 5 is also supportedabove the planes of the side rails 1, so as to be free for vertical movement under downward strain.

From the above description 'of my improvements it will be seen that the improved bedbottom or mattress' is of an extremely simple and inexpensive nature andis especially well adapted for use, since the bindings or" reinforces at the ends of the woven-wire coveringsheet not onlycove'r the raw ends of the strands and prevent them fromfraying, but 'also form l avery strong and secure means for attaching' the woven-wirel covering-sheet to the frame and also impart a very finished appearance to the bed-bottom. It will also be obvious from'theabove description that the improved bed-bottom or mattress is capable oL very considerable modification without material departure from the principles and spiritof the invention, and for this reason I do not wish to limit myself to the employ` `and loweriianges, each end rail being held `with one of its fianges flush on the side rails and with its otherfiange abovesaid rails and directed away from the end of the frame anda covering-sheet having parts for engagement with' the'- oppositelydirected upper flanges of said" endy rails for the attachment of said sheet to the frame, substantially as set forth.' f

' 2; A mattress, bed-bottom'or the like comprising a covering-sheet of woven fabric,

bindings extended along the ends of said cov-V 'erivng-sheet to cover the raw ends of the strands thereof and each formed of a metal strip having a central'bend whereby two plies are produced be; een which the raw ends of 'the strands of lsaid sheet are held,'eachvstrip being also provided with a portion lapped or folded over upon itself to produce at one side a portion of greaterthickness and having a hook shape in cross-section, the thicker portion of the folded strip being arranged upon the outer or convex side of the hook-shaped folded strip and the end portion of the covering-sheet being extended between the plies of the thicker portion of the binding and a frame having portions engaging with the hook-shaped bindings the covering-sheet being extended across the frame between said bindings when the bindings are engaged on the frame, substantially as set forth.

3. A mattress, bed-bottom or the like comprising a covering-sheet 'of woven-wire fabric itself to produce at one side of the foldedstrip a portion of greater thickness and being madehook-shaped in cross-section with its thicker portion upon its outer or convex surface, the ends of the woven-wire sheet being extended between the Aplies of the bent or lapped portions of the bindings and said sheet being extended across the space between the bindings in position tocover aframe to which the hookshaped bindings are adapted for attachment, substantially as set forth. v

Signed at Cincinnati, Ohio, this 13th' day of November, 1901.'

WARDER D. HUNT. W itnesses:

JOHN ELIAS JONES, HARRY DREILINQ 

